MAO is a multi-agent orchestration app for developers who run several coding agents at once. Instead of juggling terminals and copying messages between them, you put Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, Grok, OpenCode or Antigravity on one canvas as live terminals, draw wires between them, and let them talk, delegate and hand work back to each other. It launched on Product Hunt on October 28, 2026, and this post is based on its official website, checked on October 30, 2026.
What MAO does
The core idea is simple: every agent you use becomes a node on a shared canvas, and a wire between two agents is a working relationship. A wired agent can ask another for help, delegate a task, and hand the results back, while an agent with no wire cannot reach anyone. Give a lead agent one order and it splits the work across the team, so you only step in when an agent needs you.
Each layer of the canvas is a real git worktree, so agents never step on each other’s files. A portal puts a real browser on the canvas: wire an agent to it and it fills in the form, clicks the button and screenshots the result. Routines send a prompt every night at 2 AM, skipping busy agents instead of interrupting them. Arrangements save a whole team, with its roles and wires, so you can drop it onto any canvas and start working. Every node is also a real terminal you can take over yourself, and roles are written in plain Markdown.
Bring your own agents
MAO does not ask for new API keys. Each agent keeps the login it already has, whether that is a plan, an API key or a compatible endpoint, and several keys can be pooled in one account with switching right from the agent. Keys are stored only on your machine, and your code never passes through MAO: it only goes to your agents’ own providers, the same as running them in a terminal. As the maker puts it: “It’s native first. I built it in Rust on GPUI, the framework behind Zed, so the canvas stays smooth with a dozen agents running on macOS, Linux and Windows.”
The app runs natively on macOS (Apple silicon and Intel), Windows and Linux, and your workspaces stay on your own disk. When the trial ends, MAO locks until you buy, then picks up where you left off.
Who it is for
MAO suits developers already running two or more coding agents who are tired of being the messenger between them: solo builders coordinating a reviewer and a builder agent, teams splitting work across agents, or anyone who wants a night-shift routine running while they sleep. If you do not write code, you can still tell the built-in Orchestrator what you want and approve what it does.
Pricing
The 7-day free trial includes all of MAO with no card required, just an email sign-in. After the trial, a license costs $20 once, with regional pricing from $13 to $20 depending on where you live, and no subscription. The license covers one computer at a time and can be moved to another computer up to 3 times a year. Prices may change, so check the official website for the latest pricing: https://trymao.dev/.
